Animation is one of the hottest and most creative areas of film-making today. During his more than fifty years in the business, Richard Williams has been one of the true innovators, and serves as the link between the golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation successes.

Using hundreds of drawings, Williams distills the secrets of the masters into a working system in order to create a book that has become the standard work on all forms of animation for professionals, students and fans.

In this book, based on his sold-out worldwide Animation Masterclasses, Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that every animator – from begginer to expert, classic animator to computer animation whiz – needs.

This new expanded edition includes more on animal action, invention and realism, with sophisticated animation examples.